Comments on: Is it? http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/ Gaming, Marriage and all the Fun Stuff Inbetween Sat, 15 May 2010 09:42:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Vrathmat http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Vrathmat Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:17:50 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-859 WoW really bottomed out fast in the last month. I think just about everyone is done until Wrath comes out. WoW really bottomed out fast in the last month. I think just about everyone is done until Wrath comes out.

]]> By: Armond http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Armond Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:57:24 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-854 A post! Yeah, the MMO world seems to be in a state of fail right now. The only way I'm going to get to do any sort of raiding before Wrath comes out is if I somehow magically find a guild of people I won't hate... and somehow, I think there's very few such people still at the pre-kara level at this point. On the topic of Guild Wars: After 2+ years experience there, I wouldn't recommend it anymore. Had you been looking at it a year ago, I would have given it rave reviews, but... it's gone down the tube, hard, since then. If you use brain, the PvE is ridiculously easy (though getting the skills most worth abusing requires at least two packs); if you don't, your only chance of ever getting into a pug is if you're a ranger with max norn rank (= massive grind and, again, at least two of the four packs). I think it should also be said that before Ursan Blessing was nerfed a week or two ago, it was the most overpowered thing in Guild Wars PvE, and so brainless that people were hooking up guitar hero controllers to their computers and playing with them. And winning. If you're into PvP (which, with guild wars, really is the endgame), you have to deal with bad players running stupidly overpowered builds in, like, every area. The playerbase is horrible, too, which doesn't help - no one wants to run a proper build, where you actually learn how to play, because it's so much easier to pick up a build where you literally tab-space and mash your 1 through 8 keys. The thing it has most going for it is the lack of subscription fees, but as a side result of that the game seems to now cater solely towards new recruits while we wait for GW2 to come out, which seriously kills the amount of time it'll keep you hooked. A post!

Yeah, the MMO world seems to be in a state of fail right now. The only way I’m going to get to do any sort of raiding before Wrath comes out is if I somehow magically find a guild of people I won’t hate… and somehow, I think there’s very few such people still at the pre-kara level at this point.

On the topic of Guild Wars: After 2+ years experience there, I wouldn’t recommend it anymore. Had you been looking at it a year ago, I would have given it rave reviews, but… it’s gone down the tube, hard, since then. If you use brain, the PvE is ridiculously easy (though getting the skills most worth abusing requires at least two packs); if you don’t, your only chance of ever getting into a pug is if you’re a ranger with max norn rank (= massive grind and, again, at least two of the four packs).

I think it should also be said that before Ursan Blessing was nerfed a week or two ago, it was the most overpowered thing in Guild Wars PvE, and so brainless that people were hooking up guitar hero controllers to their computers and playing with them. And winning.

If you’re into PvP (which, with guild wars, really is the endgame), you have to deal with bad players running stupidly overpowered builds in, like, every area. The playerbase is horrible, too, which doesn’t help – no one wants to run a proper build, where you actually learn how to play, because it’s so much easier to pick up a build where you literally tab-space and mash your 1 through 8 keys.

The thing it has most going for it is the lack of subscription fees, but as a side result of that the game seems to now cater solely towards new recruits while we wait for GW2 to come out, which seriously kills the amount of time it’ll keep you hooked.

]]> By: Daxenos http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Daxenos Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:38:33 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-813 I just checked BRK's armory, and it looks like he left AC? I guess this summer guild killer thing is a level ?? boss! Dax I just checked BRK’s armory, and it looks like he left AC? I guess this summer guild killer thing is a level ?? boss!

Dax

]]> By: sonvar http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-739 sonvar Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:21:32 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-739 No wonder BRK has had so much time to play and put up movies from Beta if AC is officially not raiding anymore. Sorry to hear it but glad to know it does take stress away from ya. Good luck to ya raiding come expansion as you know most of your people will be back No wonder BRK has had so much time to play and put up movies from Beta if AC is officially not raiding anymore.

Sorry to hear it but glad to know it does take stress away from ya. Good luck to ya raiding come expansion as you know most of your people will be back

]]> By: Aurdon http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Aurdon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:14:50 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-729 I took a break from raiding a few weeks ago. Just started to get interested in some other games that weren't MMO. A lot of the games I tried were on Steam (www.steampowered.com). It was a nice wow vacation. http://akismet.com/ is the spam program you're thinking of. I use it on my blog and it's awesome. I took a break from raiding a few weeks ago. Just started to get interested in some other games that weren’t MMO. A lot of the games I tried were on Steam (www.steampowered.com). It was a nice wow vacation.

http://akismet.com/ is the spam program you’re thinking of. I use it on my blog and it’s awesome.

]]> By: Dulcea http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Dulcea Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:54 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-725 >.> A good friend of mine talked me into trying Titan Quest. Cheap game, the gold edition should only run you about 20 bucks or so...and its PRETTY. Best of all you can play with others if you choose or just level on your own. No need to worry about respawns unless you log out and back on, variable loot...and did I mention ancient greece? *grin* >.> Its been my non wow wow time lately, when I'm not, you know...raiding. <.< >.> A good friend of mine talked me into trying Titan Quest. Cheap game, the gold edition should only run you about 20 bucks or so…and its PRETTY. Best of all you can play with others if you choose or just level on your own. No need to worry about respawns unless you log out and back on, variable loot…and did I mention ancient greece? *grin*

>.> Its been my non wow wow time lately, when I’m not, you know…raiding. <.<

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